New officers for the Richmond Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth are: president, Brad H. Booker with SunTrust Bank; vice president of college programs, Michael W. Paulette with Core Consulting Inc.; vice president of membership, Carroll D. Hurst with Keiter, Stephens, Hurst, Gary & Shreaves; vice president of programs, Dean Madison with T.D. Madison & Associates; vice president of scholarship, Craig L. Rascoe with Williams Mullen; secretary/treasurer, Paul W. Croston with KPMG; and immediate past president, Bruce A. Kay with Markel Corp.

The Greater Richmond Chamber recently approved the 2009-12 slate of candidates for its four local business councils: Chesterfield Business Council: Mary Ellin Arch with TransUrban USA; John Easter with Williams Mullen; Phil Hess with WSI-WebStrategies Inc.; Elizabeth Johnson with Expressions By Design; Tracy Kemp Stallings with CJW Medical Center; and David Reel with the Home Building Association of Richmond.

New officers for the Insurance Women of Richmond are: president, Annette Lynn Ardler with Colony Insurance Co.; first vice president, Maria A. Swanson with Selective Insurance; second vice president, Lori Reed with Professional Insurance Agents of VA/DC; treasurer, Melanie A. Morris with Colony Insurance Co.; and secretary, Laura E. Vaughan with Colony Insurance Co.

Officers and members of the board of directors for the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants Educational Foundation are: chairwoman, Stephanie S. Saunders with Saunders & Saunders; vice chairmen, Sean R. O’Connell with PBGH and L. Darlene Selz with the Science Museum of Virginia Foundation; and secretary/treasurer, Stephanie R. Peters. At-large board members are: P. Frank Berry with Hantzmon Wiebel; Edward N. Coffman with Virginia Commonwealth University; William H. Cole Jr. with Cherry, Bekaert & Holland; Kristin L. Comer with Wyeth Consumer Healthcare; Gerald L. Hagen Jr. with Goodman & Co.; Bradley S. Haun with Cherry, Bekaert & Holland; Linda J. Hopkins with the College Foundation of the University of Virginia; Teresa M. Jordan with Yount, Hyde & Barbour; Douglas M. Marshall III with Marshall Consulting Group; Andrew T. Martin with Corbin & Co.; Bradley P. Nicklin with Beers + Cutler; Sarah E. Nutter with George Mason University; George D. Scheulen with Scheulen, Patchett & Edwards; Howard C. Seal with Fritz & Co.; Vugar T. Shahtakhtinskiy with Cort Furniture Rental; Angelia D. Stanley with Emory & Henry College; W. Kenneth Stevens II with Wildes, Stevens, Brackens & Co.; Adrian U. Taylor with Yount, Hyde & Barbour; and Monique T. Valentine with Associated General Contractors of America.

Members of the board of directors of the Historic Polegreen Church Foundation are: Bob Bluford Jr., a retired Presbyterian minister and founder/president of the foundation; Robert Bluford III with Gulf South Medical Supply; David B. Bradley with the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation; F. Claiborne “Jay” Johnston Jr. with Troutman Sanders; and Everett Reveley with the U.S. Treasury Department.

Stanley P. Wellman has been inducted as president of the Henrico County Bar Association. He is with Harman, Claytor, Corrigan & Wellman and currently is president of the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys.

New officers for the Byrd Theatre Foundation are: president, Thomas C. Yeaman Jr. with Globecom; vice president, Lee Brazzell with Transformation Consulting; secretary, Lynn Chapman with the Virginia Farm Bureau; and treasurer, Gina McKinnon with Owens & Minor. New board members are: Lynda J. South and George C. Scott III with CEFA Advisors.

Thomas L. Bowden Sr. has joined the board of directors of BikeWalk Virginia. He is with Sands Anderson Marks & Miller.

David J. O’Brien has been accepted for membership in the National Association of Professional Financial Advisors. New officers for The Greater Richmond Relocation Council are: president, Jonathan Cotten with Alexander’s Mobility Services; vice president, Gary Grund with Budd Van Lines; secretary, Pam Hathaway with Prudential Slater James River Realtors; treasurer, Cathy Whitener with Hilldrup Companies; and chairman of the board, Carolyn Huxford with CarMax. New committee chairs are: programs, Brenna Lampe with Evonik-Goldschmidt; planning, Carolyne Hotze with Long & Foster Realtors; sponsorship, Bryan Orr with CitiMortgage; scholarship, Jan Francisco-Reulbach with Capital Relocation Services; and membership, Sue McCormick with Suite For You

New members on The John Tyler Community College Foundation Board are: Ed Cahill with Capital One, Michael R. White with Virginia Asset Management and Dennis Murray with American Infrastructure. New officers are: president, John H. Settle Jr. with SunTrust Bank; first vice president, governance, E. Wilson Davis Jr. with Chesterfield County Economic Development; second vice president, audit, Ron Laux with Workforce Success; treasurer, William H. Talley III with William H. Talley & Son Inc.; assistant treasurer, Ricardo Torres with National Student Clearinghouse; and secretary, Marshall W. Smith with John Tyler Community College.

Edwin T. Burton III has been reappointed to a five-year term on the Virginia Retirement System board of trustees by the General Assembly Joint Rules Committee.

New members on the board of directors of the Virginia Network of Nonprofit Organizations are: Elise Switz with Lee Switz & Associates and Marta Wilson with Transformation Systems Inc.

ASSOCIATIONS Thurston R. Moore has been elected by The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation board of trustees to serve as a trustee. Gordon F. Rainey Jr. is retiring from the board. New officers on the board of directors of The Values Institute of America are: chairman, Mary Jane Hogue; treasurer, Kent Engelke; and secretary, Dolly Hintz.

James W. Dunn with the Bon Secours Richmond Foundation and Glenn E. Kinard with PNC Bank have been elected to the board of directors of the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation. New officers for the Virginia Society of Landscape Designers are: president, L. Scott Creery with River City Gardens; vice president, Diane Roselius of Smithfield; secretary, Jane Abbott with Simply Beautiful; treasurer, Nanette Parsons with Garden Tenders; past president, Margaret Pavela with MAP Landscapes; first year director, Heather Taylor with Buck Creek Nursery; first year director, Denise Hargraves with Denise Hargraves Designs; second year director, Eve Willis with Eve’s Creative Landscape Design; and second year director, Kathy Wulf with Green Leaf Gardens.

New officers on the board of directors for The Builders’ Exchange Association of Virginia are: president, Joseph W. Crockett with Waco Inc.; first vice president, Robert W. Garland with Taylor & Parrish Inc.; second vice president, Richard D. Krider with Howell’s Heating & Air Conditioning; treasurer, Berkley Pickels Jr. with Ace Electric Co. Inc.; and secretary, Frances M. Wagner with The Builders’ Exchange Association.